Hakim-hakim 17:7

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17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ¹  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ² 

Hakim-hakim 19:1

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19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ³  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁴  from Bethlehem ⁵  in Judah.

Hakim-hakim 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ⁶  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ⁷ 

[17:7]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:7]  ² tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

[19:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”